So your saying Witcher that if the song has no guitar it is not metal? If the band doesn't use a guitarist it isn't metal? Is that the case?

I think that metal is a feeling and no one instrument creates it.

But hey it's cool.

Yes, it is the case.
Feeeling is an abstract category, nobody comes home and says to his wife "honey, I'm feeling so metal today..."
You cannot measure it, describe it or evaluate it.
Metal is a musical genre and as such, needs certain instrumentation plus songwriting.

Bands can play metal without guitars, but they are the exception rather than the rule... see Necromantia, who has the occasional guitar lead but most of the time it's just the bass. I can also grant that there could be a metal band out there using only synthesized guitars that sound just like the real thing, but still, it's not just a matter of "feel", it has to sound like metal, and as I said, those cases are exceptionally rare.

DaddyZeus67, stop posting the pseudo-signature. If you want to have a sig, create one, but without the image on it.

As for Powersurge Bangladesh, they are metal, but the problem is, that the "mixed releases" are in fact unacceptable v/a compilations. Somebody would have to prove, that they have releases on their own.

hello there, I recently submitted profiles two quite popular metal bands from bangladesh which unfortunately got rejected. I hope some proofs of their released materials will help.. Here are a a Few of Their Releases.

hello there, I recently submitted profiles two quite popular metal bands from bangladesh which unfortunately got rejected. I hope some proofs of their released materials will help.. Here are a a Few of Their Releases.

the only reason I listen the V/A Complilation is because it have seen a few examples of it in a lot of band profiles, take Artcell(Bgd) for example, u will see a whole bunch of tracks listed as singles, which r really not . Thank You

the only reason I listen the V/A Complilation is because it have seen a few examples of it in a lot of band profiles, take Artcell(Bgd) for example, u will see a whole bunch of tracks listed as singles, which r really not . Thank You

You should read the rules, first and foremost. They are crystal clear on that.

When some morons decide to add compilation tracks as singles, it is another problem. Such releases should be deleted and the submitters warned or punished.

Yesterday, I submitted a band named T.U.R.I.E.L., from Honduras, but it was rejected. The reason was that the band "had no apparent discography". However, I had added the link to their myspace, and to their official website, apart from their three CD singles with detailed information.

the only reason I listen the V/A Complilation is because it have seen a few examples of it in a lot of band profiles, take Artcell(Bgd) for example, u will see a whole bunch of tracks listed as singles, which r really not . Thank You

You should read the rules, first and foremost. They are crystal clear on that.

When some morons decide to add compilation tracks as singles, it is another problem. Such releases should be deleted and the submitters warned or punished.

yes u r right, i shud not have just followd other profiles, shud have read the rules carefully instead. anyways, thank you, and i hope my profiles get accepted this time. \m/

Yesterday, I submitted a band named T.U.R.I.E.L., from Honduras, but it was rejected. The reason was that the band "had no apparent discography". However, I had added the link to their myspace, and to their official website, apart from their three CD singles with detailed information.

I know that I am more open to non-old school metal bands, but if this band is not metal then what is that? And if you want to tell me this is alternative well this is the kind of acceptable alternative metal although I don't label the band under such genre but I am predicting your reply (based on the Cdbaby description) and this is also not the non-acceptable experimental metal genre anyway I would label the band as avant-garde metal and fitting well in MA although being accepted to MA or not that wont change the clearly acceptable metalness of this band did you even listen to the whole album before judging?

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As their material is being released in quantities more than 20 home dubbed tapes, the band has been removed from the Metal-Archives.

"Alternative" CRAP.Pure metal is Heavy/Speed/Power/Doom/Death/Black/Thrash genres.Can you concentrate on these? For example I in most of cases try to avoid CORE/ALTERNATIVE bands in my subbmisions even know they can get accepted.

Hello, I want to submit the band Arcady from Colombia (black metal), but this message appears:

"Unless it's a different band with the same name, Arcady has previously been rejected for not being metal or otherwise acceptable by our rules. Therefore, your submission has been pre-emptively rejected.
If you really think this is a mistake (for example: the band in question shares the name and country of a famous non-metal band, a non-metal band recently released a metal full-length album, etc.), please check with us on the forums"

I communicated with the band and I have the complete demo's information... The band plays black metal and released two demos distributed in MySpace.

Hello, I want to submit the band Arcady from Colombia (black metal), but this message appears:

"Unless it's a different band with the same name, Arcady has previously been rejected for not being metal or otherwise acceptable by our rules. Therefore, your submission has been pre-emptively rejected.If you really think this is a mistake (for example: the band in question shares the name and country of a famous non-metal band, a non-metal band recently released a metal full-length album, etc.), please check with us on the forums"

I communicated with the band and I have the complete demo's information... The band plays black metal and released two demos distributed in MySpace.

I'm curious, is it possible for a band with no physical releases to be accepted if there's enough? If for some reason, such as lack of funds or something, they can't press any physical copies, but are a serious band, and have one or more full-lengths for download, is that acceptable? Or what about paid downloads instead of free? I'm just wondering, since not all bands with only mp3s are bedroom MySpace bands.

I'm curious, is it possible for a band with no physical releases to be accepted if there's enough? If for some reason, such as lack of funds or something, they can't press any physical copies, but are a serious band, and have one or more full-lengths for download, is that acceptable? Or what about paid downloads instead of free? I'm just wondering, since not all bands with only mp3s are bedroom MySpace bands.

Also, what's the word on Broken Bones?

No, not under current rules. There was only one owners approved exception, and in the case, we even cannot be sure if the band did not have at least physical releases for their friends.

As for users submitted stuff, there is no exception. The rule is clear.

Paid downloads do not change anything.

The point, once again is not the quality of such bands, but to sort out bands, that will leave no lasting physical legacy to the metal world, no lasting monument of their work. That is why myspace bands were such a problem.

Seriousness of such bands is as an abstract and unmeasurable category is the" metal feeling" mentioned elsewhere here.

It was also discussed countless times, and you have a pregnantly written rule. No means no, there is nothing to be solved.